Testing notes

How reviews work here:

Products are used for six weeks on real skin before a review is written. Before/after imagery is real and unretouched or it doesn't run.

Ingredient claims are checked against published dermatology literature; every review says what the evidence supports and what it doesn't.

Scores are never sponsored, and brands can't buy placement. Affiliate links are disclosed on every page that carries them.

Where a trend crosses from cosmetics into research-only compounds, we report the research context and point readers to research-literacy sources — this is a beauty publication, not an instruction manual.

Last updated: 2026-09. Material updates to this page are dated.